Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Supertones Was His Name

Written by Pastor Rob Stevenson in 2006

10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved usand sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins." ~ 1 John 4:10

(April 12, 2006) – Supertones was his name, after a Christian band
popular in the 90s. I didn’t want this active, little Dalmatian puppy
10 years ago when he came to us, but Bev and I felt like the Lord was
saying, “Take him.” So we did.

About a week later, he contracted parvo
virus, a deadly infection that few animals recover from. He was a
deathly ill little pooch. One night, after many days of him not eating
and being extremely sluggish, I stayed up all night with him. I cradled
Supertones in my arms, and hand fed him. To my joy, he started
nibbling on some regular dog food in the wee hours of that morning
ordeal. I was thrilled! It was the beginning of his come back.

He hated my neighbors though. Over time he had bitten the two kids,
and jumped on and scratched the mom. It was too much for me to handle
having a dog I so enjoyed, that could act so hostile. I had to put him
down. This was the HARDEST decision and action I have ever made. I
didn’t realize how difficult a task until after it was done, but taking
him to the vet was hard enough.

I brought him into life by my
hands, and I sent him to death by my hands. I honestly could not see it
any other way. I felt as if I had to be the one, because he was my
dog. Then, afterwards, I realized each time I walked into the laundry
room that I was thinking of him. It dawned on me that I had fed him
over 3,600 times in that place. I had given him water over 3,600 times
each morning when I got up, walked into the kitchen, and was greeted
with his expectant stare. No wonder it was so tough. Then, it hit me that our Father God
had sacrificed His Son so that we might live. In addition, His Son had
been totally innocent. Even though our pets are animals, we have a
capacity to love them, don’t we? And the Father, His capacity to love
us and to go through the agony of seeing His Son brutalized and killed
had to be a devastating experience. He did it for us. Jesus did it for
us. Such love has no bounds, no limits, and no equal. Hallelujah!
Thank you Lord for such a saving sacrifice.-Rob Stevenson

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Christi Sleiman: Acts 2 member on the go, college engineering student, overseas missionary, and children's worker. Visit Christi's blog here.Pastor Rob Stevenson:Our beloved founding pastor. Although he graduated to heaven in 2013, he lives on in all of our hearts.